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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

April 9, 2024Burleson County, Washington County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2024, 10:45 PM CDT for Burleson County, Washington County, Texas. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2024, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2024, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Burleson County, TX, Washington County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 9, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 285 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2024-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2024-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-310 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 9, 6:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 6:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 9, 8:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 9, 8:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXLiberty21 min
Apr 9, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXLiberty15 min
Apr 9, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXLiberty15 min
Apr 9, 10:00 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX33 hr
Apr 9, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson, Washington34 min
Apr 9, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson, Washington30 min
Apr 9, 11:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXAngelina28 min
Apr 9, 11:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXGrimes34 min
Apr 9, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXPolk, Trinity13 min
Apr 10, 1:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXFort Bend30 min
Apr 10, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller, Wharton33 min
Apr 10, 1:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXColorado35 min
Apr 10, 2:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWaller44 min
Apr 10, 2:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWharton24 min
Apr 10, 2:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWashington34 min
Apr 10, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXFort Bend, Harris, Waller31 min
Apr 10, 2:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Wharton38 min
Apr 10, 2:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX35 min
Apr 10, 3:03 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXAustin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller, Wharton3 hr
Apr 10, 3:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris, Montgomery, Waller37 min
Apr 10, 3:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Harris, Matagorda, Wharton36 min
Apr 10, 3:30 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX45 min
Apr 10, 3:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXHarris, Montgomery, Waller3 hr
Apr 10, 3:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers, Fort Bend, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk and 1 more21 min
Apr 10, 3:44 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX61 min
Apr 10, 3:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXPolk, Trinity18 min
Apr 10, 4:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazoria, Galveston44 min
Apr 10, 4:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris, Liberty, San Jacinto57 min
Apr 10, 4:15 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX60 min
Apr 10, 4:16 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX59 min
Apr 10, 4:35 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX25 min
Apr 10, 4:57 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX33 min
Apr 10, 5:15 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX45 min
Apr 10, 6:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXPolk, San Jacinto20 hr
Apr 10, 9:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHardin, Liberty, Polk65 hr
Apr 10, 10:06 AM CDTLow Water AdvisoryHGX19 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.